Cursor vs Visual Studio Code vs Augment Code vs CodeGPT

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Cursor
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Visual Studio Code
Competitor 2
Augment Code
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CodeGPT
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor Visual Studio Code
code.visualstudio.com
Visual Studio Code is a free, open source code editor that runs on Windows, macOS and Linux and now includes built-in AI agents.
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Competitor Augment Code
augmentcode.com
Augment Code is an agentic software development company whose Cosmos platform runs software agents across the development lifecycle.
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Competitor CodeGPT
codegpt.co
ChatGPT in your code editor
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
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188.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
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▲ 0.8%
6-month growth
-1.8%
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-37.2%
Global rank web
#15,584
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#251,957
Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
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196.6K
Bounce rate lower is better
57%
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43%
Pages / visit
2.4
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1.9
Visit duration
1m 36s
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38s
Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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● Direct 58% · ● Referral 42%
CursorVisual Studio CodeAugment CodeCodeGPT
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MCodeGPT · 267.5KCodeGPT · 278.8KCodeGPT · 284.1KCodeGPT · 233.4KCodeGPT · 299.7KCodeGPT · 277.1KCodeGPT · 262.2KCodeGPT · 214.6KCodeGPT · 186.8KCodeGPT · 188.3K100K1M10MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MCodeGPT · 267.5KCodeGPT · 278.8KCodeGPT · 284.1KCodeGPT · 233.4KCodeGPT · 299.7KCodeGPT · 277.1KCodeGPT · 262.2KCodeGPT · 214.6KCodeGPT · 186.8KCodeGPT · 188.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Paid
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free
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$9per month · free tier available
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Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
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Standard $20/moBusiness $100/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreeProfessional $9/moTeams $27/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+2 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
Debugging
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Code reviews
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Agents
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Coding in VS Code
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Vs code
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Development
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Refactoring
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Testing
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Agent creation
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Code documentation
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Code testing
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MCP
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Terminal commands management
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Prompts
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.